mendicant

名词 mendicant:

1. a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
   同义词：friar
2. a pauper who lives by begging
   同义词：beggar

形容词 mendicant:

1. practicing beggary

men.di.cant

adj.（形容词）
Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging.
以行乞为生的：靠救济来生活的；行乞的
n.（名词）
A beggar.
乞丐
A member of an order of friars forbidden to own property in common, who work or beg for their living.
托钵僧：一种不允许拥有私人财产的僧人，以工作或化缘维持生活

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin mendoc3ns mendocant- [present participle of] mendoc3re [to beg]
源自 拉丁语 mendoc3ns mendocant- [] mendoc3re的现在分词 [乞讨]
from mendocus [needy, beggar]
源自 mendocus [非常贫困的，乞讨者]
from mendum [physical defect]
源自 mendum [生理缺陷]

【引伸】
men.dicancy 或
mendic.ity